CVE-2007-6199
rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files via unknown vectors that cause rsync to create a symlink that
02 Description
rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files via unknown vectors that cause rsync to create a symlink that
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-12-01 01:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-11-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9476e0202430f7874d8ab83b94346909a8c43b4fe48ff1e0e14db72fc8d3cfad
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com28412http://secunia.com/advisories/28412
- support.f5.comhttp://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/500/sol15549.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-4057http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4057
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-07-31http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2268http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268
- secunia.com27853http://secunia.com/advisories/27853
- www.securityfocus.com20080212 FLEA-2008-0004-1 rsynchttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487991/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com27863http://secunia.com/advisories/27863
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0257
- rsync.samba.orghttp://rsync.samba.org/security.html#s3_0_0
- secunia.com61005http://secunia.com/advisories/61005
- secunia.com28457http://secunia.com/advisories/28457
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:011http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:011
- secunia.com31326http://secunia.com/advisories/31326
- www.securityfocus.com26638http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26638
- securitytracker.com1019012http://securitytracker.com/id?1019012
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:001http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rsync Fixed in 2.6.9-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rsync Fixed in 2.6.9-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rsync Fixed in 2.6.9-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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